Summary of the invention
Use the personnel of laundry facilities go usually near this personnel's residence laundromat etc. be positioned at life range or near the laundromat it, but, in above-mentioned such clothes washing system, must investigate the telephone number of the laundromat that will hurry in advance, according to this telephone number dialing phone, thus, confirm in this laundromat, whether to have untapped laundry facilities.
In addition, in clothes washing system as described above, for the running of the laundry facilities in confirming to use finishes ad hoc to carry out the phone inquiry, this is a trouble.
The present invention be directed to such background and propose, the object of the present invention is to provide a kind of clothes washing system, wherein, when determining whether to hurry to the laundromat, convenience is improved.
In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide the laundry system of the laundry facilities concluding time in confirming easily to use.
Be used to realize that the technical scheme 1 described invention of above-mentioned purpose relates to a kind of laundry system, it is characterized in that this laundry system comprises many laundry facilities 1 that are arranged at respectively in a plurality of laundromats; Server 4, above-mentioned many laundry facilities of these server 4 storages are the regional information at place respectively, and above-mentioned server is included in the occasion B2 that receives regional information according to the operation of certain portable information terminal 7, C2, retrieval is corresponding to the searching mechanism B 3 of the laundromat of this area's information, C3; The signal that operational situation transmitting mechanism B7, C7, this operational situation transmitting mechanism B7, C7 are used for the operational situation of the laundry facilities that will the laundromat that retrieves by above-mentioned searching mechanism of expression be provided with sends to above-mentioned portable information terminal B7, C7.
In addition, the English digital in the bracket is represented the corresponding part etc. among the embodiment described later.This situation is identical below.
According to this scheme, using arbitrarily, the personnel of laundry facilities operate portable information terminal, to server send regional information (such as, the positional information of the portable information terminal of the place name in these personnel's residence etc., latitude longitude information etc.), thus, can retrieve with the corresponding laundromat of this area's information (such as, be positioned at laundromat with the corresponding area of information, this area), confirm to be arranged at the operational situation of the laundry facilities of this laundromat by portable information terminal.
So, owing to can retrieve in the most approaching personnel's that will use the laundromat the life range of laundromat etc. in residence easily or be positioned near its laundromat, confirm to be arranged at the laundry facilities in the laundromat operational situation (such as, whether has untapped laundry facilities), so when determining whether to hurry to the laundromat, convenience improves.
As technical scheme 2 described inventions, above-mentioned operational situation transmitting mechanism B7, C7 sends to above-mentioned portable information terminal 7 with following signal, this signal is for being illustrated in by above-mentioned searching mechanism B3, the signal that whether has untapped laundry facilities in the laundry facilities that is provided with in the laundromat that C3 retrieves, can easily retrieve according to this scheme the most approaching personnel that will use the laundromat the residence laundromat etc. be positioned at life range or near the laundromat it, whether has untapped laundry facilities in the laundry facilities of affirmation in being arranged at the laundromat, thus, when determining whether to hurry to the laundromat, convenience improves.
Technical scheme 3 described inventions relate to technical scheme 1 or 2 described laundry systems, it is characterized in that above-mentioned searching mechanism B3 is in the operation according to certain portable information terminal 7, receive the occasion B2 of the positional information of this portable information terminal, retrieval and the corresponding laundromat of this positional information.
According to this scheme, using arbitrarily, the personnel of laundromat can operate portable information terminal, send the positional information of the portable information terminal of latitude longitude information etc. to server, thus, retrieval and the corresponding laundromat of this positional information (such as, with laundromat, the corresponding regional place of this positional information), confirm to be arranged at the operational situation of the laundry facilities of this laundromat by portable information terminal.
Technical scheme 4 described inventions relate to technical scheme 1 or 2 described laundry systems, it is characterized in that above-mentioned searching mechanism C3 is in the operation according to certain portable information terminal 7, receive the occasion C2 of the signal of expression place name, retrieval and the corresponding laundromat of this place name.
According to this scheme, using arbitrarily, the personnel of laundromat can operate portable information terminal, send the information of place name in these personnel's residence etc. to server, thus, can retrieve with the corresponding laundromat of this place name (such as, be positioned at laundromat with the corresponding regional place of place name), confirm to be arranged at the operational situation of the laundry facilities in this laundromat by portable information terminal.
Technical scheme 5 described inventions relate to a kind of laundry system, it is characterized in that this laundry system comprises many laundry facilities 1A and server 4A, this server 4A storage at each member's of registration in advance the access number that is used to visit the portable information terminal 7A that each member has (such as, e-mail address) and each member use the occasion of laundry facilities to carry out the setting value of the time of the circular relevant with the end of the running of this laundry facilities, above-mentioned server comprises the end circular D16 of mechanism, F23, this finishes the circular D16 of mechanism, F23 is D14 when carrying out the time of the circular relevant with the running end of laundry facilities, F21, adopt the member's who uses this laundry facilities access number, visit this member's portable information terminal, carry out the relevant circular of end with the running of this laundry facilities.
According to this scheme, when carrying out the circular relevant (such as, the circular of the remaining time when running finishes), automatically circulate a notice of to the member's who uses this laundry facilities portable information terminal with the end of the running of this laundry facilities.So the member does not ad hoc inquire, the time that the running of the laundry facilities in can confirming easily to use finishes.
Technical scheme 6 described inventions relate to technical scheme 5 described laundry systems, it is characterized in that above-mentioned server 4A has member's Notified body D3, F14, setting value transmitting mechanism D4, F15, the setting value change D7 of mechanism, F18, above-mentioned member's Notified body D3, F14 is at the occasion D1 from certain portable information terminal 7A visit, F12 specifies, and has the member of this portable information terminal; Above-mentioned setting value transmitting mechanism D4, F15 will represent to send to above-mentioned portable information terminal by the signal of the corresponding setting value of member of above-mentioned member's Notified body appointment; The above-mentioned setting value change D7 of mechanism, F18 is stored in the above-mentioned setting value that has changed in the above-mentioned server by the occasion of reception from the above-mentioned setting value of operation change of the portable information terminal of the signal of this setting value transmitting mechanism.
According to this scheme, the member can be received in the signal of expression with the corresponding setting value of member in the portable information terminal from server by portable information terminal is operated.So, owing to can on the basis of the setting value of confirming to have received, change setting value, so can be easily and the circular relevant with the end of the running of laundry facilities carried out in change really time.
Technical scheme 7 described inventions relate to technical scheme 5 or 6 described laundry systems, it is characterized in that the above-mentioned end circular D16 of mechanism, F23 carries out the relevant circular of end with the running of laundry facilities 1A, and the circular information relevant with the use of laundry facilities.
According to this scheme, owing to can carry out the circular relevant with the end of laundry facilities, and can circulate a notice of advertisement information and use relevant information relevant with use laundry facilities the information of integration, so service improves.
Technical scheme 8 described inventions relate to any one the described laundry system in 5~7, it is characterized in that above-mentioned server 4A comprises concluding time transmitting mechanism E3, this concluding time transmitting mechanism E3 is in the running of laundry facilities 1A arbitrarily, receive the occasion E2 of signal of the notice of the time that the running that requires this laundry facilities finishes at portable information terminal 7A, the signal of running concluding time of this laundry facilities of expression is sent to above-mentioned portable information terminal from the member that adopts this laundry facilities.
According to this scheme, even carry out the circular relevant with the end of the running of laundry facilities (such as, the circular of remaining time when running finishes) before, still can visit this server, the time of the end of the running of the laundry facilities in confirming thus to use from portable information terminal.
The specific embodiment
With reference to the accompanying drawings, embodiments of the invention are specifically described.
The block diagram that Fig. 1 forms for the integral body of the laundry system of expression the 1st embodiment of the present invention;
With reference to Fig. 1, in this laundry system, comprise many laundry facilities 1 (washing machine in the laundromat that is arranged on medium place, street business, drying machine), the recording controller 3 that is provided with at each laundromat, this recording controller 3 is being connected with this equipment 1 with the mode that many laundry facilities 1 in being arranged at the laundromat are communicated by letter.In addition, in this clothes washing system, be provided with the server 4 of management usefulness, this server 4 is provided with in the mode that can pass through communication network 5 (such as, wireless communication networks) and communicate by letter with the recording controller 3 of laundromat.In addition, have a plurality of according to the laundromat that can be provided with the mode that server 4 is communicated by letter.
Adopt the personnel of this clothes washing system to pass through member subscription in advance, the acquisition membership number (such as, id number), when using laundry facilities 1, in this laundry facilities 1, import membership number.Use the occasion of laundry facilities 1 inserting coin by (such as the coin of 100 yen coins or 500 yen etc.), when inserting coin, can the operating portion (not shown) that be arranged in the laundry facilities 1 be operated the input membership number.In addition, the medium that adopts the valency that stores in advance to be worth (such as, IC-card etc.), do not adopt coin, bank note (noncash) and use the occasion of laundry facilities 1, medium is inserted in the laundry facilities 1, to read in the laundry facilities 1 with there being valency to be worth the membership number that is stored in this medium, thus, can import membership number.
In server 4, comprise membership information management department 41, operational situation management department 42, integration managing portion 43.When member subscription, in membership information management department 41, store the membership information of membership number, name, sex, birthdate and e-mail address etc. at each member.Recording controller 3 confirms to be arranged at the operational situation of many laundry facilities 1 in the laundromat termly, at each laundry facilities 1, with expression use the member of laundry facilities 1 number, send to server 4 corresponding to the signal of the data of the use amount of money of the running content of laundry facilities 1, the operating condition of laundry facilities 1 (situation of normal operation, unusual situation takes place, unusual its unusual content of occasion etc. is taking place) etc. termly by communication network 5.This server 4, manages the information relevant with the operating condition of each laundry facilities 1 by operational situation management department 42 according to the signal that receives from recording controller 3.
In this clothes washing system, the member obtains the use integration at the use of laundry facilities 1, receives with the accumulated value (server integration) that uses integration corresponding preferential.Promptly, server 4 is by integration managing portion 43, at each member the server integration is managed, from the data of recording controller 3 receptions with the corresponding use amount of money of running content of laundry facilities 1, in this occasion, will use the corresponding use integration of the amount of money and this member's server integration addition with this.The member can receive based on this server integration preferential (such as, with the server integration is corresponding supplementing with money of medium that valency is worth arranged, with the expenditure (the integration exchange amount of money is handled) of the corresponding currency of server integration).
As above-mentioned, recording controller 3 confirms to be arranged at the operating condition (A1) of many laundry facilities 1 in the laundromat termly.In the memory (not shown) of recording controller 3 in being arranged at this recording controller 3, store the operating condition (A2) of confirmed laundry facilities 1, the signal of representing operating condition is sent to server 4 (A3).In addition, the server 4 that has received the signal of expression operating condition is stored operational situation (A4) in operational situation management department 42.
In the present embodiment, the personnel that adopt laundry facilities 1 to portable information terminal 7 that these personnel had (such as, portable telephone) operate, access server 4, thus, can retrieve the laundromat that is positioned at desirable area (such as, near the laundromat in this personnel's residence).As the method for retrieval laundromat, include information such as expression portable information terminal 7 places (adopting the positional informations of the latitude, longitude information etc. of GPS (Global Positioning System)) and the method (area reseach) of retrieval, the method (postcode retrieval) retrieved according to the method for retrieving by the place name of portable information terminal 7 inputs (geographical name retrieval), according to the postcode of the operation input by portable information terminal 7 etc.
Fig. 2 is the block diagram of the flow process of expression area reseach.
With reference to Fig. 2, if adopt portable information terminal 7, be used to realize the operation (B1) of area reseach, then the positional information of this portable information terminal 7 sends to server 4 (B2) by communication network 5.In server 4, according to the mode of mutual correspondence store each laundromat shop information (such as, trade name etc.), the positional information at each place, laundromat, the server 4 that has received positional information from portable information terminal 7 is according to this positional information, and retrieval is near the laundromat (B3) of the position at portable information terminal 7 places.That is, 4 pairs of servers are from the positional informations that portable information terminal 7 receives, specify be positioned at certain limit (such as, certain radius is interior) the laundromat.
Then, the 1 shop information to a plurality of laundromats by retrieval sends to portable information terminal 7 (B4) from server 4 by communication network 5, and the laundry information of these laundromats is shown in the display part 71 of portable information terminal 7.Then,, will represent that then the signal of the laundromat selected passes through communication network 5 from portable information terminal 7, send to server 4 (B6) if laundromat (B 5) are arbitrarily selected in the operation by portable information terminal 7 in the shop information from be shown in display part 71.
The server 4 that has received the signal of the laundromat that expression selected confirms to be stored in the operational situation of the laundry facilities 1 of the laundromat in the operational situation management department 42, will be in the laundromat, the information (empty information) that whether has untapped laundry facilities 1 sends to portable information terminal 7 (B7) by communication network 5.Thus, in the display part 71 of portable information terminal 7, show the empty information of the laundromat of having selected, this sky information (B8) of can reading.
According to such scheme, because the laundromat etc. that can retrieve the most approaching personnel's that will use the laundromat residence easily is positioned at the laundromat of life range or its near side (ns), confirm to be arranged at the empty information of the laundry facilities 1 in this laundromat, so when determining whether to hurry to the laundromat, convenience improves.
In addition, the positional information that sends to the portable information terminal 7 of server 4 is not limited to from such scheme of portable information terminal 7 transmissions, such as, also can be according to the operation of portable information terminal 7, send from the location information management device of the positional information of managing portable information terminal 7.
Fig. 3 carries out the figure of instantiation of displaying contents of display part 71 of portable information terminal 7 of the occasion of area reseach for expression.
The personnel that carry out area reseach operate portable information terminal 7, and access server 4 thus, in the display part 71 of portable information terminal 7, shows the homepage (top page) (with reference to Fig. 3 (a)) of laundry system.In homepage, selected key 100 (shop allied retrieval) when being presented at the shop allied (laundromat) of retrieving laundry system; Selected key 101 (" empty information ") when confirming empty information; In using the portable information terminal that personnel had 7 of laundry facilities 1, selected key 102 (" end mail ") when carrying out the setting of the circular usefulness relevant with the end of the running of this laundry facilities 1 by Email; Selected key 103 (" integration service ") when receiving based on server integration preferential; Selected key 104 when carrying out member subscription (member subscription " freely "); In order to realize that member only receives spendable service and the key 105 (" member's occasion ") selected.
If portable information terminal 7 is operated, select the key 100 of " shop allied retrieval ", then the demonstration of display part 71 switches to the such page or leaf shown in Fig. 3 (b) (shop allied searching picture).In the shop allied searching picture, the geographical name retrieval setting regions 107 of the area reseach setting regions 106 that shows the setting be used to carry out area reseach and the setting that is used to carry out geographical name retrieval, be used for the postcode retrieval setting regions (not shown) of the setting of postcode retrieval.In the setting regions 106 of area reseach zone, show the option list 106A that is used to select put into the washed kind of laundry facilities 1 (" you make appliance "), be used to indicate the index button 106B of the beginning of area reseach.In geographical name retrieval setting regions 107, show the key 107A be used to import county's name, be used to select drop into the washed kind of laundry facilities 1 option list 107B (" you make appliance "), be used to indicate the index button 107C of the beginning of geographical name retrieval.
In the option list 106A of area reseach setting regions 106, select to drop into the washed kind of laundry facilities 1 (such as, " generally ") after, select index button 106, then carry out area reseach, the demonstration of display part 71 is switched to the such page or leaf (area reseach is display frame as a result) shown in Fig. 3 (c).Promptly, according to selection operation corresponding to index button 106B, be input to the positional information of the portable information terminal 7 the server 4 and washed kind from portable information terminal 7, from laundromat near the position at these portable information terminal 7 places, select and the washed corresponding laundromat of kind, these shop information (trade name 108,109 etc.) are shown in the area reseach display frame as a result.In each trade name 108,109, according to the mode of mutual correspondence show the key 108A, the 109A that select in order to show the image in each shop, for the map of the near side (ns) that shows each shop and key 108B, the 109B etc. that select.
If the trade name of laundromat (such as, trade name 108) is selected arbitrarily in the operation by portable information terminal 7, then in display part 71, show the page or leaf (with reference to Fig. 3 (d)) of this laundromat special use.In this page or leaf, show the zone 112 of the empty information of the zone 110 of the information (such as, operation information etc.) of expression laundromat, the zone 111 that is used to supervise the demonstration of member subscription, laundry facilities 1 that expression is arranged at this laundromat.In the zone 112 of the empty information of expression, at the whole laundry facilities 1 that are arranged at the laundromat, show the number of representing these laundry facilities 1, kind (capacity etc.), in use information (if in use, the residence time when running finishes) whether according to the mode of mutual correspondence.
In addition, occasion at the key 111A that selects to be shown in " here " in the zone 111, the demonstration of display part 71 switches to the such page or leaf shown in Fig. 3 (e) (member subscription picture), according to the content that is shown in the member subscription picture, various information (password, name, sex, birthdate, occupation, portable number etc.) are operated, inputed to portable information terminal 7, thus, can adopt portable information terminal 7 to carry out member subscription easily.
Fig. 4 is the block diagram of the flow process of expression geographical name retrieval.
With reference to Fig. 4,, will represent that then the information (information of place names) of the place name imported sends to server 4 (C2) by communication network 5 if adopt portable information terminal 7 to carry out operation (input operation of place name) that geographical name retrieval uses (C1).In server 4, store the shop information (such as, trade name etc.) of each laundromat and the place name at each place, laundromat according to the mode of mutual correspondence, receive the laundromat (C3) at server 4 these place name places of retrieval of information of place names from portable information terminal 7.
Then, the 1 shop information to a plurality of laundromats of having retrieved sends to portable information terminal 7 (C4) from server 4 by communication network 5, the shop information of these laundromats is shown in the display part 71 of portable information terminal 7.In addition, if laundromat (C5) arbitrarily selected in the operation by portable information terminal 7 in the shop information from be shown in display part 71, then the signal of the laundromat selected of expression sends to server 4 (C6) from portable information terminal 7 by communication network 5.
Server 4 affirmations of the signal of the laundromat that the reception expression has been selected are stored in the operating condition of the laundry facilities 1 of the laundromat in the operational situation management department 42, the information (empty information) that will whether have untapped laundry facilities 1 in the laundromat sends to portable information terminal 7 (C7) by communication network 5.Thus, in the display part 71 of portable information terminal 7, show the empty information of the laundromat selected, this sky information can read (C8).
Fig. 5 carries out the figure of instantiation of displaying contents of display part 71 of portable information terminal 7 of the occasion of geographical name retrieval for expression.
The personnel that carry out geographical name retrieval portable information terminal 7 is operated, access server 4, thus, in the display part 71 of portable information terminal 7, homepage (top page) back (with reference to Fig. 3 (a)) that shows laundry system, by selecting the key 100 of " shop allied retrieval ", show shop allied searching picture (with reference to Fig. 3 (b)) at display part 71.In addition, select the key 107A input county name of geographical name retrieval setting regions 107, and the washed kind in option list 107B in the selection input laundry facilities 1 (such as, select " generally "), then, when selecting index button 107C, the demonstration of display part 71 is switched to the page in the town village in the county that is used to select to have imported (with reference to Fig. 5 (a).If select name arbitrarily in the town village name 113 from be shown in this page, then carry out geographical name retrieval, the demonstration of display part 71 is switched to the page number (geographical name retrieval is display frame as a result) (with reference to Fig. 5 (b)) of result for retrieval that expression is positioned at the laundromat at this place, town village.
In geographical name retrieval display frame as a result, show the shop information (trade name 114,115 etc.) of the laundromat that is positioned at the town village of having selected.In each trade name 114,115, show key 114A, the 115A that selects in order to show the image in each shop, key 114B, the 115B etc. that select near the map that shows each shop according to the mode of mutual correspondence.Then, if select the trade name of laundromat arbitrarily by the operation of portable information terminal 7, then with in Fig. 3 (d), describe identical, comprise that the page of laundromat special use of the empty information of laundry facilities 1 is shown in the display part 71.
Same in such scheme, the laundromat etc. that retrieves the most approaching personnel's that will use the laundromat residence easily is positioned at the life range or is positioned near it laundromat, can confirm to be arranged at the empty information of the laundromat 1 in the laundromat, thus, when determining whether to hurry to this laundromat, convenience improves.
The block diagram that Fig. 6 forms for the integral body of the laundry system of expression the 2nd embodiment of the present invention.
With reference to Fig. 6, in this laundry system, comprise a plurality of laundry facilities 1A (washing machines that are arranged at the laundromat of in the street, doing business, drying machine), be provided with at each laundromat according to the connected recording controller 3A of mode that can communicate by letter with many laundry facilities 1A in being arranged at the laundromat.In addition, in this clothes washing system, be provided with management and use server 4A, this management usefulness server 4A is provided with according to passing through the mode that communication network 5A (such as, wireless communication networks) communicates by letter with the recording controller 3A of laundromat.In addition, the laundromat that is provided with according to the mode that can communicate by letter with server 4A has a plurality of.
The personnel that use this laundry system are by carrying out the mode of member subscription in advance, obtain membership number (such as, ID code).Insert coin (such as, 100 yuan of coins or 500 yuan of coins etc.) use the occasion of laundry facilities 1A, by in use the portable information terminal 7A that the member had being operated, can member's number be sent to server 4A by communication network 5A.In addition, the medium that adopts the valency that stores in advance to be worth (such as, IC-card etc.), and do not adopt coin, bank note (noncash) to use the occasion of laundry facilities 1A, medium is inserted among the laundry facilities 1A, to read among the laundry facilities 1A with there being valency to be worth the membership number that is stored in this medium, thus, can import membership number.
The 41A of membership information management department, the 42A of operational situation management department and the 43A of integration managing portion are set in server 4A.When member subscription, the membership information of membership number, name, sex, birthdate and e-mail address etc. is stored among the 41A of membership information management department at each member.In addition, in the present embodiment, when member subscription, use the occasion of laundry facilities 1A the member, whether the situation of the circular (finishing circular) relevant with the end of the running of laundry facilities 1A will be carried out, and in the occasion that finishes to circulate a notice of, should the time initial set value of (finishing the circular setting-up time) as membership information, be stored in the 41A of membership information management department.Member subscription is carried out to the mode that server 4A sends various input contents by communication network 5A by portable information terminal 7A is operated.
Recording controller 3A confirms to be arranged at the operational situation of many laundry facilities 1A in the laundromat termly, at every laundry facilities 1A, with the corresponding signal that utilizes the data of the amount of money, the operating condition of laundry facilities 1A (situation of normal operation, unusual situation takes place, unusual its unusual content of occasion etc. is taking place) of the running content of expression and the member's who adopts laundry facilities 1A membership number, laundry facilities 1A etc. by communication network 5A, send to server 4A termly.Server 4A manages by 42A pair of information relevant with the operating condition of each laundry facilities 1A of operational situation management department according to the signal that receives from recording controller 3A.
In this laundry system, the member can obtain the use integration of the use of relative laundry facilities 1A, can receive and use the accumulated value (server integration) of integration corresponding preferential.Promptly, server 4A is by the 43A of integration managing portion, at each member the server integration is managed, from the occasion of recording controller 3A reception, will use the corresponding use integration of the amount of money and this member's server integration addition with this with the data of the corresponding use amount of money of running content of laundry facilities 1A.The member can receive based on the server integration preferential (such as, corresponding the supplementing with money of medium that valency is worth arranged with the server integration, with the expenditure (integration is cashed processing) of the corresponding currency of server integration etc.).
In the occasion of using laundry facilities 1A, the member at first operates portable information terminal 7A, by communication network 5A access server 4A (D1), member's number is sent to server 4A (D2) from this portable information terminal 7A.Received the server 4A of membership number,, the initial set value that is stored in the end circular setting-up time of this member among the 41A of membership information management department has been sent to portable information terminal 7A (D4) by communication network 5A according to behind the membership number appointment member (D3).Thus, in the display part 71A of portable information terminal 7A, show the initial set value that finishes the circular setting-up time.
Then, 7A operates to portable information terminal, import the number of employed laundry facilities 1A, to use the intelligence aids of laundry facilities 1A to give server 4A thus, and in laundry facilities 1A, drop into currency (such as, the coin of 100 yuan of coins or 500 yuan of coins etc.), begin the running (D5) of this laundry facilities 1A.When above-mentioned circular, do not changing the occasion that finishes the circular setting-up time, preliminary examination in not changing the display part 71A that is shown in portable information terminal 7A sets value and circulates a notice of, changing the occasion that finishes the circular setting-up time, changing the initial set value that is shown among the display part 71A and circulate a notice of.In the occasion that change to finish the circular setting-up time by this circular, from portable information terminal 7A by communication network 5A will be after changing end circular setting-up time send to server 4A (D6) with the number of the laundry facilities 1A that is adopted.
Reception from the server 4A of the signal of portable information terminal 7A according to the corresponding mode of member that adopts this laundry facilities 1A, with the number storage of laundry facilities 1A in the 41A of membership information management department, changing the occasion that finishes the circular setting-up time, according to the corresponding mode of this member, after changing end circular setting-up time is stored in the 41A of membership information management department (D7).
On the other hand, as above-mentioned, recording controller 3A confirms to be arranged at the operational situation (D8) of many laundry facilities 1A in the laundromat termly.Then, beginning the occasion of the running of laundry facilities 1 arbitrarily, recording controller 3A is stored in the operational situation of this situation in the memory (not shown) that is arranged among this recording controller 3A (D9), will represent that simultaneously the signal of this operating condition sends to server 4A (D10).Then, server 4A is according to the corresponding mode of membership number by receiving with circular from portable information terminal 7A in advance, the operational situation that has received is stored among the 42A of operational situation management department (D11), number with this membership number and the employed laundry facilities 1A of this member, the end circular setting-up time of setting corresponding to this member is read from the 41A of membership information management department, and their signal of expression is sent to recording controller 3A (D12) by communication network 5A.The recording controller 3A that has received these signals will be stored in (D13) in the memory according to the mode of mutual correspondence based on the information of these signals (number of membership number, the employed laundry facilities 1A of this member, and the end of setting corresponding to this member circular setting-up time).
Then, the duration of runs of the arbitrarily laundry facilities 1A of recording controller 3A in confirming running is for according to being stored in the occasion (D14) of the end circular time in the memory with the corresponding mode of the number of laundry facilities 1A, and the signal (finishing the circular index signal) of the number of laundry facilities 1A, the indication that finishes to circulate a notice of is sent to server 4A (D15) by communication network 5A.
The server 4A that has received the number of laundry facilities 1A and finished the circular index signal is according to being stored in membership number among the 41A of membership information management department and the number of the employed laundry facilities 1A of this member, specify the member who uses this laundry facilities 1A, read the Email of this member's portable information terminal 7A, the Email of the content of the time when this member's portable information terminal 7A sends the running end of the laundry facilities 1A in the circular use (finishing the circular mail) (D16).At this moment, in finishing the circular mail, add the relevant information of use with the laundry facilities 1A of operation information etc.
In the display part 7A that has received the portable information terminal 7A that finishes the circular mail, show the content that finishes the circular mail, the time (D17) that the running of the laundry facilities 1A during the member with this portable information terminal 7A can confirm to use finishes.
The figure of the instantiation of the displaying contents 71A of the display part 7A of the portable information terminal when Fig. 7 will use the intelligence aids of laundry facilities 1A to give server 4A for expression.
The member at first carries out operational access server 4A to portable information terminal 7A, in the display part 71A of portable information terminal 7A, shows the homepage (my homepage) (with reference to Fig. 7 (a)) of this member's special use.In this homepage, show that the member carries out the tabulation 20 (" your use shop ") of the laundromat of member subscription, and selected key 121 (" the registration deletion in your use shop ") when showing the member subscription of carrying out at each laundromat, registration deletion, selected key 122 (" change of membership information ") etc. when changing membership information.
If the member operates portable information terminal 7A, from the tabulation 120 in " your use shop ", select arbitrarily laundromat (such as, 00 shops of doing washing), then in display part 71A, show the page (with reference to Fig. 7 (b)) of this laundromat special use.In this page, show this member's current server integration 123 (" current integration "), selected key 124 (cumulative integral) such as when using integration, selected key 125 (" operational situation of your use equipment ") when confirming the operational situation of the laundry facilities 1A that adopted this moment, corresponding to use the receivable preferential tabulation 126 (" integration uses ") of integration member, in order to import in IC-card that the ID code carries out member subscription and the key 127 (" registration of IC-card ") selected etc.
The member portable information terminal 7A is operated, select the occasion of the key 124 of " cumulative integral ", be used for obtaining to use the page of the necessary setting of integration to be shown in display part 71A (with reference to Fig. 7 (c).In this page, the key 128 (" equipment number ") that shows the number be used to set employed laundry facilities 1A be used to set whether to finish to circulate a notice of the key 129 (" end mail ") that mail sends to member's portable information terminal 7A.In the display part 71A of portable information terminal 7A, the moment that shows my homepage, according to being stored in the initial set value of the end circular setting-up time among the server 4A by communication network 5A with the corresponding mode of member, send to portable information terminal 7A from server 4A, thus, in the key 129 of display part 71A, show its initial set value (finish such as the running of, laundry facilities 1A 5 minutes before).So, do not changing the occasion that finishes the circular setting-up time, options button 129 and can select the key 130 of " next step " in the display page not, changing the occasion that finishes the circular setting-up time, be used for options button 129, changing the operation that finishes the circular setting-up time, then, can select " next step " key 130.
If select " next step " key 130, then in display part 71A, show to be used to confirm setting content (with reference to Fig. 7 (d)).If the member is after confirming setting content, 7A operates to portable information terminal, selection is shown in the key 131 of " determining " in the page, the situation that then will adopt laundry facilities 1A is to server 4A circular, the content 132 of the running of the laundry facilities 1A that has set (" running content "), at this use of laundry facilities 1A and the use integration 133 (" this integration ") that provides, be shown among the display part 71A with current server integration 134 (" current integration ").
Then, if be the end circular setting-up time of having set, then send to portable information terminal 7A by communication network 5A and finish the circular mail, in the display part 71A of portable information terminal 7A, show the content of the such end circular mail shown in Fig. 7 (f) from server 4A.As shown in Fig. 7 (f), in finishing the circular mail, add as the relevant information of use " information of acquisition " and laundry facilities 1A advertisement information etc..As " information of acquisition ",, also can add the various information of the information relevant etc. with using integration except adding advertisement information.
In the present embodiment, when carrying out the time of the circular relevant (finishing the circular mail), automatically circulate a notice of to the member's who adopts laundry facilities 1A portable information terminal 7A with the end of the running of laundry facilities 1A.So, under the situation that the member does not ad hoc inquire, the time that the running of the laundry facilities 1A in can confirming easily to use finishes.
In addition, the member can be by operating portable information terminal 7A, and the signal that setting-up time is circulated a notice of in expression and the corresponding end of this member is received in portable information terminal 7A from server 4A.So, owing to can behind the end circular setting-up time of confirming to have received, change this ends circular setting-up time, so can be easily and the circular relevant with the end of the running of laundry facilities 1A carried out in change iwis time.
In addition, in the present embodiment, because circulating a notice of mail with end, the relevant information of the use with laundry facilities 1A of information that can advertisement information is relevant with using integration circulates a notice of, so service improves.
In Fig. 6 and Fig. 7, to when the running of beginning laundry facilities 1A (intelligence aids that will use laundry facilities 1A to server 4 time), 7A operates to portable information terminal, the occasion that finishes to circulate a notice of the setting of setting-up time is described, still, the occasion beyond also can be when the running beginning (such as, when not using laundry facilities 1A, the running of laundry facilities 1A is medium), 7A operates to portable information terminal, changes to finish the circular setting-up time.
In addition, also can (finish before the reception of circular mail) in the running of laundry facilities 1A, 7A operates to portable information terminal, access server 4A, thus, confirm the operational situation (such as, time that running finishes) of the laundry facilities 1A that this member adopts.
Fig. 8 is the block diagram of the flow process of the operational situation of expression affirmation laundry facilities 1A.The figure of the instantiation of the displaying contents of the display part 71A of the portable information terminal 7A when in addition, Fig. 9 confirms the operational situation of laundry facilities 1A for expression.
With reference to Fig. 7~Fig. 9, the member at first operates portable information terminal 7A, and by communication network 5A, access server 4A among the display part 71A in portable information terminal 7A, shows this member's homepage (with reference to Fig. 7 (a)) in person from this portable information terminal 7A.In addition, if select arbitrarily laundromat (such as, 00 shops of doing washing) in the tabulation 120 in " your use shop " from show my homepage, then in display part 71A, show the page (with reference to Fig. 9 (a)) of this laundromat special use.The page shown in this Fig. 9 (a) is identical with the page shown in Fig. 7 (b).
Then, if 7A operates to portable information terminal, selection is shown in the key 125 of " operating condition of your use equipment " in the page shown in Fig. 9 (a), then realize to confirm the operation (E1 of Fig. 8) that operating condition is used, require the signal of notice of the operational situation of the employed laundry facilities 1A of this member to send to server 4A (E20 of Fig. 8) by communication network 5A from portable information terminal 7A.The server 4A that has received this signal is from the 42A of operational situation management department, and the operating condition of reading the employed laundry facilities 1A of this member represents that the signal of this operating condition passes through communication network 5A, sends to portable information terminal 7A (E3 of Fig. 8).
In the display part 71A of the portable information terminal 7A of the signal that receives the expression operational situation, as shown in Fig. 9 (b), the time of the kind (number) that shows the employed laundry facilities 1A of this member during with the running end of each laundry facilities 1A.Thus, even under situation about receiving before finishing the circular mail, still from portable information terminal 7A access server 4A, thus, the time that the running of the laundry facilities 1A in can confirming to use finishes.
Figure 10 adopts IC-card 6A for expression, the block diagram of the flow process when beginning the running of laundry facilities 1A.
With reference to Figure 10, the member inserts IC-card 6A among the laundry facilities 1A (F1), if make the running of this laundry facilities 1A begin the operation of usefulness, then read the membership number that is stored among the IC-card 6A, having during valency is worth from be stored in IC-card 6A simultaneously, deduction (minimizings) this necessary use amount of money that turns round valency value (F2) arranged.Then, if the IC-card 6A (F4) that inserts laundry facilities 1A is then discharged in the running (F3) of beginning laundry facilities 1A.; have valency value, the membership number that are stored among the IC-card 6A are not limited to according to when using laundry facilities 1A IC-card 6A being inserted the scheme that can constitute by the mode that laundry facilities 1A reads among the laundry facilities 1A; also can according to such as, by being independent of the scheme that mode that reader that laundry facilities 1A is provided with reads constitutes.
Recording controller 3A confirms to be arranged at the operational situation (F5) of many laundry facilities 1A in the laundromat termly.Then, beginning the occasion of the running of laundry facilities 1A arbitrarily, recording controller 3A is stored in the memory (F6) of this recording controller 3A with the operational situation of this situation and the membership number that reads from IC-card 6A by laundry facilities 1A when the running beginning, and the number of this laundry facilities 1A and membership number send to server 4A (F7) by communication network 5A simultaneously.Then, server 4A after specifying the member (F8) according to the membership number that received, according to the corresponding mode of member that adopts this laundry facilities 1A, with the number storage of laundry facilities 1A in the 41A of membership information management department (F9).
Server 4A reads the number of membership number, the employed laundry facilities 1A of this member and sets corresponding to the member from the 41A of membership information management department end circular setting-up time, by communication network 5A, their signal of expression is sent to recording controller 3A (F10).The recording controller 3A that has received these signals will be stored in based on the information (number of the laundry facilities 1A that membership number, this member adopted, the end of setting corresponding to this member circular setting-up time) of these signals in the memory in (F11) according to the mode of mutual correspondence.
Changing the occasion that finishes the circular setting-up time, the member operates portable information terminal 7A, by communication network 5A access server 4A (F120), member's number is sent to server 4A (F13) from this portable information terminal 7A.Received the server 4A (F14) after having specified the member of membership number, the initial set value that is stored in the end circular setting-up time of the member among the 41A of membership information management department has been sent to portable information terminal 7A (F15) by communication network 5A according to membership number.Thus, identical with the occasion shown in Fig. 7 (c) in the display part 71A of portable information terminal 7A, on my homepage, show the initial set value that finishes the circular setting-up time.
If 7A operates to portable information terminal, change and finish circular setting-up time (F16), then by communication network 5A the number of employed laundry facilities 1A is sent to server 4A, and send end circular setting-up time (F17) after changing from portable information terminal 7A.Received from the server 4A of the signal of portable information terminal 7A according to this member corresponding mode mutually, after changing end circular setting-up time is stored in (F18) after the 41A of membership information management department, this member's membership number and number and after changing (newly) end circular setting-up time of the employed laundry facilities 1A of this member are read from the 41A of membership information management department, their signal of expression is sent to recording controller 3A (F19) by communication network 5A.The recording controller 3A that has received these signals will be stored in (F20) in the memory based on the information of these signals (number of membership number, laundry facilities 1A that this member adopted, end circular setting-up time after changing) according to the mode of mutual correspondence.
Then, the duration of runs of the arbitrarily laundry facilities 1A of recording controller 3A in confirming running is for according to being stored in end circular time in the memory (in the occasion of change with the corresponding mutually mode of the number of laundry facilities 1A, the end circular time for a change) occasion (F21) sends to server 4A (F22) with the number of this laundry facilities 1A and the signal of the indication that finishes to circulate a notice of (finishing the circular index signal) by communication network 5A.
The server 4A that has received the number of laundry facilities 1A and finished the circular index signal is according to being stored in membership number in the membership information management department 41 and the number of the employed laundry facilities 1A of this member, specify the member who uses this laundry facilities 1A, read the e-mail address of this member's portable information terminal 7A, the Email of the content of the time when this member's portable information terminal 7A sends the running end of the laundry facilities 1A in the circular use (finishing the circular mail) (F23).At this moment, in finishing the circular mail, add the relevant information of use with the laundry facilities 1A of advertisement information etc.
In the display part 7A that has received the portable information terminal 7A that finishes the circular mail, show the content of this end circular mail, the time (F24) that the running of the laundry facilities 1A during the member with this portable information terminal 7A can confirm to use finishes.
The invention is not restricted to the content of above embodiment, can in technical scheme is put down in writing scope, carry out various changes.
Such as, communication network 5,5A between recording controller 3,3A and server 4, the 4A are not limited to wireless communication networks, also can be limited communication network.In this occasion, also portable information terminal 7,7A can be connected with laundry facilities 1,1A, carry out communicating by letter between portable information terminal 7,7A and server 4, the 4A by recording controller 3,3A and communication network 5,5A (limited communication network).
Portable information terminal 7,7A are not limited to portable telephone, such as, also can be other the portable information terminal of PHS, PDA etc.